Super Marshal

The reason why Gao Han personally led the delegation to Doha, Qatar was mainly for two things.

First, the two sponsorship contracts signed in the Middle East are very good. They can bring a total of 10 million euros in sponsorship income to the club every year. Armando Marcos negotiated it with great difficulty.

As the saying goes, doing things with money, signing such a blockbuster contract, it is natural for the boss Gao Han to come to the scene to sign the contract.

Secondly, the team is preparing for the winter break in Doha, and will play a warm-up match with Paris Saint-Germain here. Gao Han hopes to take advantage of the winter break to work with the coaching staff and players to complete the first half of the game. Some of the problems exposed by the team should be solved as much as possible, because the second half of the competition is very busy.

But Gao Han really can't stay in Doha for too long, because the Chinese Football Association's coaching team has arrived in Europe.

According to the timetable given by the Spanish government, Prime Minister Rajoy will visit China in the middle of the year, leaving little time for communication and negotiation between the two football associations, and the aspects involved are too wide, so we must race against time.

Gao Han spoke highly of the team's performance in the first half, but in the Doha hotel, facing all the players and coaching staff, Gao Han said that the team still has many shortcomings and there is still a lot to explore. potential.

Before leaving for Doha, Barcelona president Rosell refuted the rumors, saying that the management still trusts and supports Martino, which means that Barcelona's internal conflicts will continue.

Real Madrid's performance has declined rapidly, and Atletico Madrid's defense is also a big problem after Carvalho left the team in old age.

In contrast, the problems in Chinatown are minimal and can be solved in a short time.

Therefore, Gao Han told all the players at the mobilization meeting in a high-profile manner that Chinatown has maintained a top four ranking in the past few years, but this year there is full hope of taking another step forward and even rushing directly to the top.

Everyone present knew what Gao Han meant. He was aiming directly at the league championship.

If these words were said by other people, the coaching staff and players might sneer, but when they heard it from Gao Han's mouth, they were encouraged because it represented Gao Han's affirmation of them.

This also makes them more confident in themselves and the team's strength, and more motivated.

As long as the performance in the first half can be continued, who can say that Chinatown has no chance?

Playing around with words is not Gao Han's style.

At the mobilization meeting, Gao Han also made a promise on behalf of the management that in the summer of 2014, the team's new stadium will be officially opened, and the club's income will be greatly improved, so the team will start contract renewal negotiations again. .

"Javier Faus is right, no club has the financial resources to give a player a salary increase every six months, but we can do it once a year."

Gao Han ended the mobilization meeting with such a funny joke, which also made everyone present burst into laughter.

With salary increases every year, Chinatown's salary structure has basically reached the forefront of La Liga. Although it is not as good as Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, it is almost the same as Valencia and other teams.

If it continues to rise now, it is estimated that it will catch up with the three traditional giant teams.

But as the team moves into the new stadium, the game day income will increase several times. Even if the players' salaries are increased again, the salary expenditure can still be controlled at about 45%. Otherwise, Gao Han will not dare to easily promise.

On the one hand, it is the verbal encouragement from Gao Han, and on the other hand, it is the actual temptation of interests from the club. Everyone in Chinatown is also very excited. This group of young players are all full of enthusiasm and gearing up, and they are eager to play in La Liga. The attitude of starting a battle in the middle of the journey.

Gao Han, on the other hand, set off back to Madrid after the mobilization meeting.

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After the Chinese Football Association's coaching team arrived in Europe, their first stop was Frankfurt, Germany, where they met with many rumored candidates, including the famous German star Matthaus.

Such an open coaching selection often represents a variety of interests.

After all, the circle is so big, it is difficult to make this kind of public selection airtight. Once exposed in advance, it will often lead to the abortion of the plan, so the entire selection process is also full of various conflicts of interest.

This is also the reason why Gao Han is not optimistic about this selection.

However, he has always maintained a high degree of vigilance, never participated in any coaching matters, and always stayed in Madrid.

After the coaching team arrived in Madrid, he also fulfilled his courtesy as a landlord and personally took them to visit the Chinatown Training Center, and introduced various so-called black technologies in the Chinatown Training Center that were very mysterious to the outside world, and then took them to visit again. New stadium project in Chinatown.

The entire project is very large in scale. The first phase is a stadium and a shopping mall. After that, other commercial projects will be built one after another. It has cooperated with many Chinese companies. It is already well-known in the country, but after the selection team met, they still had to Praise from the bottom of my heart.

Regardless of the stadium capacity, surrounding commercial facilities, or crowd gathering, Chinatown has done sufficient market research in advance.

The most powerful proof is that the new stadium is still being renovated in full swing, but it has already attracted nearly 30,000 fans to book season tickets for the new stadium. Chinatown has also shown its sincerity and has not improved because of moving into the new stadium. The pricing at Brock Stadium is still used. Not to mention La Liga, even in European football, it is considered a conscience.

You know, the ticket price in Chinatown is almost the lowest in La Liga.

Many experts on the coaching team are curious, how does Chinatown maintain its operations?

Gao Han also introduced the operation of China Town in detail, including revenue proportions, expenditure distribution, etc. The largest part of it is commercial sponsorship income, which has always been the focus of China Town's income.

But in the past two or three years, as the team participates in the Champions League, game bonus income has become an income that cannot be underestimated.

After the new stadium is completed and opened, game-day revenue will also increase significantly. By then, Chinatown will change from one foot to two, and then to the current troika.

From Gao Han's eloquent introduction to the management of Chinatown, many of the Football Association bosses on the coaching team also lamented the current barrenness of the domestic professional football industry, saying that after returning to China, they would definitely encourage many professional teams to come to investigate and learn from experience.

That night, Gao Han specially arranged a dinner and invited Chinese representatives from the south of Madrid and coaching students who were interns and further studies in Chinatown. Except for those who went to Doha with the team, all of them were present to accompany them.

This makes the Football Association bosses feel the signal sent by Chinatown in Madrid and even Europe as a whole.

It can even be said that Chinatown has become an emotional link between China and Europe.

The next day, Gao Han led the coaching team to meet with the Spanish Football Association, professional leagues and government officials.

Along the way, the Football Association bosses can easily realize Gao Han's pivotal role in Spanish football. Even Football Association Chairman Bilal, Professional League Chairman Tebas, and even Spain's Sports Minister all expressed their displeasure in front of Gao Han. He was polite, as if he was afraid of accidentally offending Gao Han.

Combined with the previous meeting with the German Football Association in Frankfurt, Germany, the other party's expression when they mentioned the cold, and the fact that many head coach candidates always mentioned the cold, made them feel extremely proud.

As a Chinese, Gao Han can achieve such great success in the field of football and be respected by so many people. What an admirable feat is this?

Many people present felt sorry for him.

None of them have decision-making power. Otherwise, if Gao Han is allowed to be the head coach of the national team, with his coaching ability and his prestige and status in world football, why would he need to be as entangled as now?

Because Gao Han had made sufficient preparations in advance, the meetings between the Football Association coaching team and all walks of life in Spain went very smoothly.

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When the Chinese Football Association coaching team ended their one-week trip to Spain and returned to China, Chinatown also ended its winter break training camp in Doha, Qatar, and returned to Madrid.

While in Doha, Chinatown played a warm-up match with Paris Saint-Germain. Both sides focused on training and did not try their best. As a result, the two sides drew three to three and shook hands.

Although the game was tied, Chinatown still showed its own strength in the competition with the Champions League champions, and also learned a lot of lessons, especially on the defensive end.

Even though Blanco is coaching this season, Paris Saint-Germain's overall offense and defense still continue the cold framework of last season, with superior offensive ability, coupled with the personal abilities of Neymar, Suarez and Aubameyang, against Chinatown. The defense is still a big test.

After Chinatown returned to Madrid, the 2014 winter break transfer officially opened the door.

But unlike the bustling summer transfer market, the winter break transfer market appears to be much sluggish. Even teams that did not perform satisfactorily in the first half, such as Chelsea and Real Madrid, obviously do not intend to make a move during the winter break. .

This is a decision finally made after years of experience and lessons.

Signings during the winter break are often urgent, transfer fees are relatively high, and the risks of signings are relatively high, so generally people are not willing to sign during the winter break unless it is absolutely necessary.

In La Liga, Atletico Madrid's attitude is that they are dispensable. If a suitable high-level central defender is put on the transfer market, they will be happy to take action, but if not, they will not force it and will focus more on it. In the summer transfer market of 2014, they hope to strengthen their defense and recruit players, and their number one target is Godin.

After Barcelona confirmed that Martino stayed on the team, the more important task was to start the contract renewal process and renew the contracts of many stars including Messi, Valdes and Iniesta. The signings during the winter break were obviously somewhat Can't care less.

As for Chinatown, it was announced early that it would not operate transfers during the winter break, whether it is introduction or sale.

Except for Real Madrid, none of the top four teams have urgent signing needs, which makes the entire La Liga winter break transfer even more sluggish.

But there are still teams such as Valencia, Sevilla, and Malaga. They hope to use winter break transfers to strengthen the team's competitiveness. After all, their performance this season is indeed unsatisfactory, especially Valencia. Lencia.

Before the rise of Chinatown, the Bat Legion was the fourth strongest team in La Liga, but now it has not only been completely squeezed out of the top four in the league, but the gap with Chinatown has also widened. This has made the fans of the Bat Legion very dissatisfied. The management The layer was also under heavy pressure.

There is even news that if the team's situation cannot be improved this season, Valencia's management will not rule out making big moves.

But if they want to sign players, Valencia's finances cannot raise funds, which is really troublesome.

It was amid such chaos that the second half of La Liga officially kicked off.